Place
Otakaari 5 A, 3. krs, 02150 Espoo (A Grid)
Asiakasnäkymä
Espoon kaupunki
Updated 18.07.2025
Business Espoo’s business advisory services
Business Espoo provides consulting free of charge for new entrepreneurs and established businesses throughout the business’s life cycle.
Service implementation:
Hybrid service (combination of remote and contact)
Life situation and service category:
Interested in entrepreneurship,
Setting up a business,
Business development
Service language:
Finnish
Swedish
English
Russian
Chinese
Charges:
The service is free of charge
Who is the service for?
We serve everyone living or operating in the area of Espoo and Kauniainen – regardless of whether you are planning to start a business or already running your business. Our services are available in Finnish, Swedish, English, Russian and Chinese. For new entrepreneurs and people interested in business, we hold ‘How to set up a company in Finland’ webinars in Finnish and English on a monthly basis. These webinars provide current information relevant to new entrepreneurs on topics such as choosing the type of company, accounting, and insurance policies, among other things.
As an active entrepreneur, you will receive support for various changes and at different stages of your business’s life cycle. Examples of such situations include financing your business, changes of ownership, business development and hiring an employee. Your business also has the opportunity to make use of our extensive network of experts if you have questions requiring special expertise. Our network of experts is available in matters such as legal matters, accounting, financing, insurance policies and marketing.
Participant’s municipality of residence:
Espoo,
Kauniainen
Age:
All people of working age
How can I participate in the service?
Make an appointment for free-of-charge business consulting via the webpage ‘Book an appointment with a business advisor | Business Espoo - Helping companies thrive | City of Espoo’. For appointment booking or brief enquiries, you can also call +358 9 816 36363 or send email to info(at)businessespoo.fi.
You can choose to hold the personal business consultation either in person at our office or remotely via Teams. Additionally, you can choose the business advisor and the language in which you wish to receive the service.
We hold regular ‘How to set up a company in Finland’ webinars for new entrepreneurs and organise both online and in-person events for established businesses in cooperation with the entire Business Espoo network. You can find the registration for our events and a more detailed list of our events on the www.businessespoo.com website and in the City of Espoo’s event calendar on the webpage ‘City of Espoo - Events in Espoo - Work and entrepreneurship’.
If you have an upcoming appointment with a business advisor: Please send your business plan or other relevant material to the business advisor 1–2 days before the appointment. A very tentative plan can also serve as the basis for the discussion. You can find Business Espoo’s business plan and calculation templates here.
If you are unable to come to your appointment, remember to cancel the appointment. We wish to operate in a responsible and efficient manner, so please help us do so! You can cancel your appointment via ‘Omat varaukset/My bookings’ in the upper right corner of our appointment calendar. You can cancel your appointment easily with your reservation code, which you can find below. Link to the appointment calendar: Book an appointment with a business advisor | Business Espoo - Helping companies thrive | City of Espoo You can also cancel your appointment by calling +358 9 816 36363, by emailing info@businessespoo.fi or by contacting your business advisor.
Conditions for participating in the service:
Whether you are planning to become an entrepreneur, have recently started your business or are an established entrepreneur, you are welcome to contact our business advisory services, regardless of your background and situation in life.
Benefits of participating in the service:
Through our business advisory services, you will receive current and accurate information and become aware of what you need to consider when you first become an entrepreneur in order to avoid pitfalls. We also provide both new and established entrepreneurs with reliable partners for the different stages of their business’s life cycle through our network of experts.
Participation in the service requires you to consent to the disclosure of your personal data.
We primarily process personal data in order to manage the client relationship, but we also use it for reporting/statistical purposes and to provide information and market our operations. We process personal data to fulfil the contract (business advisory services), to fulfil our legal obligations and on the basis of legitimate interest (reporting/statistics) and consent (marketing). We may also send client feedback surveys to our clients and use the results of these surveys to develop our operations.
The full version of our privacy notice and register description is available on our website at www.businessespoo.com.
How is the service organised?
Make a free appointment with a business advisor via our online calendar. For appointment booking or brief enquiries, you can also call +358 9 816 36363 or email info(at)businessespoo.fi.
Where and when?
Palvelun kielet toimipaikassa
Finnish,
Swedish,
English,
Russian,
Chinese
Time additional info
Business advisory services by appointment only. Our customer service is open Mon 11.00–15.00 and Tue–Fri 10.00–15.00. Make an appointment at https://www.espoo.fi/en/business-espoo-helping-companies-thrive/book-appointment-business-advisor.
Weekday and time
To be agreed upon